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Beautiful, mystical San Francisco-City Hall on a foggy October night

11-15-09
Lottie Kendall, SRES -- San Francisco Peninsula

Leaving Davies Hall after a marvelous Beethoven and Sibelius symphony, we walked around the back of the Opera house (building on right) and enjoyed the gorgeous City Hall shining through a light fog! (Another little snapshot with my Blackberry)

San Francisco City Hall-foggy evening 10.30.09

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The earth renews, as does the spirit

11-01-09
Lottie Kendall, SRES -- San Francisco Peninsula

new grass, Long Ridge OSP

Long Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, CA, taken 10/25/09

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4 Simple Steps to Memorable Yet Unique Passwords

10-19-09
Lottie Kendall, SRES -- San Francisco Peninsula

In today's newsletter from an excellent mortgage banker, Caroline Wolf, of Princeton Capital, came these tips on creating passwords. I hadn't thought about using an acronym, but it seems like a great idea. Thought I'd pass them along to you:

4 Simple Steps to Memorable, Yet Unique Passwords

Good passwords come down to two things: (1) they're easy for you to remember and (2) they're hard for others to break. Here's a sure-fire tip that can help you achieve both!

  1. Think up a phrase. Instead of a common word or family member's name, think up a unique phrase that only you know. For example, you may think up something off the wall such as "I Like Short Hair Too."
  2. Make it an acronym. In our example, "I Like Short Hair Too" would become ILSHT.
  3. Add Complexity. Remember those substitutes you're not supposed to use with common dictionary words? Well, you CAN use them with your acronym. For example, "I Like Short Hair Too" can become "1 Like $hort Hair 2" which makes: 1L$H2. You can also use upper and lower letters to make it 1L$h2. The point is to be creative, but in a way that you can easily remember it.
  4. Make it unique. A password is only really unique if you use it for one account and one account only. So you can't just use 1L$h2 for every account. And, in reality it's still too short. Here's the key to the whole process: Mix in additional letters and numbers that are unique to each account. For example, if you're logging into a "gmail account" you can use the "gm" and "@cct" (for acct) to make: 1L$h2gM@cct. Then, for a Netflix account, you may use: 1L$h2Nf@cct. That way, you're passwords will be hard for others to guess and unique to each account, but also easy for you to remember!

Of course, these are just examples. You'll want to be creative and think up your own acronym and ways to add unique characters for each account. And then keep that little secret to yourself so no one will be able to guess your account passwords.

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You Can Look, But You Better Not Touch -----

10-18-09
Lottie Kendall, SRES -- San Francisco Peninsula

Poison oak provides beautiful fall color

Poison oak brings beautiful color to our northern California coastal range mountains. Who says California doesn't have changing foliage? Just a snap from my Blackberry today while out on a short hike.

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Do you work with Seniors?

09-25-09
Lottie Kendall, SRES -- San Francisco Peninsula

Yesterday I attended another Senior Roundtable meeting, and came away feeling so fortunate to have this resource available. And happy that fellow Active Rainer Skip Frenzel introduced me to this group.

On a monthly basis professionals who work with Seniors in some capacity or other meet to network, share information and learn from a featured speaker and each other. I've met professional organizers, lawyers specializing in Seniors issues, accountants, representatives from mobility companies, a designer of clothing created for disabled or elderly persons -- a wealth of services that can be of benefit to my Senior clients.

I'm developing a great list of service providers to help my clients when they don't know where to look for solutions to a problem.

If you have a similar group in your area, check it out. You'll be glad you did.

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